Metallic door



Feb. 17, 1931. H. s. WOEHLER 1,793,382

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BY l7! [7 Wa /Men ORNEY 35 endiwiil be {pointed O llb clnim; hereto? h Patented Feb. 17, 1931 j fz sii noms ess-o s: n-coeronstrroiqon vussprinf #METAnLIcnoonA Application filed mick;

doors and similar structures and the meth od fi aking me, and, i d st n e -PW tical I improvement in the art of ,ir'leta'lQdoor- 5 structures to oyercorne'certainl practice 1705 r e ded, a one-t n mis n s a es t s I v .7

form a unitthereofi, T

e A further-object 0f the' ilivention to vi e m t-el ie' mwmre n s ng o O r Qthsr obi invention. 1 e .1

I door embodying ;the. .i miee" i e do .si eimembere w t lt e Pane-1 jse tions, crossersil sections and stile {sections stamped I as nnitggfrom; s single sheet of metal, applying said door side; members to an edginglmemher insnr face contact there=- with along their edgeportions andthen electricallywelding sa id door side members and channe ember. Tt l$ %1l Coil-r tacting surfaces. V 7

I A o her; @ndes ntm i t nt tionis directegi to tin-improved method of reclucingthe cost of manufacturing metallic dee and s mil r ru tur -W t u efi i e h i st b l ty nd st and, app a n of the C1001.-

{I f ts and 'featnres of the invention will 7 appear from t el following description inthe In e d weegasqqmna iyi gthisped fication: s g-1, Fig. 1, is a front elevat onmf a metallic Fig. 2, is e rearedge elevation ofthe door, I. ,.Fig.3, is a; front edge eleyetionjofthe door. j4, is a detail injfpr pe tive of flu P01? iiilb ll n 1925. Serial no. 259,13

edging memberihefore ituisgjforrpedinto a rectangiilar edging'frame Ine mheno 1F igQ 7, is a de/tail, in iper'spe etive'ofsa p 0 1 tion of s e pantsiif whi h, e m w-0a a e Spot Welding, electrically, mipn iq the door side m mb to g ngfme I are shown united by r011 welding;

Fig. "8, isfa vieW, sho ing-the along their contactings'nrtaces, "f 7.

1g. 9, isaivi-ew showing the rnethodi'of "roll.

Welding, electrically, the" edge portions of the door sidef plaitesf to an dgin member. 7

Referring to the drawings, the reference;

characters 1 jam 2 designate ',pre;Eer gb1y-, a1

though )not? necessarily," twjo ,flike metfixllie;

a'Idoor orfsimilar structure; willibenoted;

thetthe.structureis nizj d'e 11poftWQ$heet I i livple p d p t a y: des red d s:

a c pre em yral h g n e e seti r y an n l s g ng mem r 3, which imam; Y bejrfS. formsthe'top i hottom; 5 and side edge face sections 6 and 7 of? the door; xivhile the sheet metal members 1 and '2 ioi'rnthe fro nt n ba kde o i s of he deetieewill penelsections 8 a top cno's's-rail section 9,12

lower. lcrosssmil'section 10: and when Zdesirecl an; intermediate crossmil' section fwher e bned p es d pan ection i e sired'ythe twoivertic'zil stileseetions 12Y g1nd113' and theQmoIding sections 14 V sections are *clisp osed between the cross-rail sections, the stile sec i ns and the'panel sec; 1

tion's, as'clearly shown inFigQ-"L- ijgenel V section-"or sections fi mayheeiit outWithout v exercising invention, to receive e glassgseck tion',;or sections; not shown; ifso desired.

v When desired, additional" independent molding, sections 15 I may heiadd edj to the I d a sh wn-in Fig-1.4 f t d anvbese ur-ed tlth ir ut r. g to t int al m lding ec ns, and *ei' he i n ot epane e ti nm rss tion 2291.; ener sees? i the ins nee setmeliik section-s may be joined along their side edges with the integral moldings 1 1 and the V form'may be of other design than that il'-- 'lic door manufacture.

panel sections 8 by welding, brazing, soldering, or any of the other methods well known in the art; In F ig. 4, I have shown both the integral moldings 1 1, which by means of dies are pressed into the desired form and which .lustrated, and theindependent moldings 15 which are applied to the door-,the form of the upright stile sections are applied to the outer faces of the flanges16 of the edging member 3 whichis preferably, although not necessarilyin the form of a channel iron member frame and m surface contact there with along their outer edge portions, with 'th'efedges of the plates 1 and 2 lying flush with theouter faces of the edging member 3, as clearly shown-in Figs. 1 and 1.

i The edge portions'of the plates 1 and 2 which are in surface contact with the. edging member 3,- are welded to the outer faces ofthe flanges 16'; of the channel members, by.

a number of's'pot weld-s 17, as shown in Fig. 4, orby roll. welds'18, as shown in Fig. 7,

which welds are disposed, preferably, near;

the four edges of the'door sideplates' 1 and As will be understood, in the electrical metalworking art, the two doorside plates 7 1 and 2 with the channeledging member 3 therebetween are assembled and suitablyheld between two current carrying spot weld electrodes 19' and 20, see F ig.j7 or the two current carrying roll weld electrodes 21 and 22,-see Fig. 9, andan lectrical current passed from one electrode to the other through the two plates 1 and 2 andjintermediate edging 'member 3 located between either. spot weld olctliodes 19 and 20, or the rollweld electrodes 21. and 22, which. eifectsthe weldingof the two door side plates land 2 simultaneously t6 the flanges 16 of the door edging member 3.

The spot welding process is repeated the desired number of timesandthespots made,

which are designated 17 are ,spacedthe desiredlidistance apart to provide ai-met'a'llic "door, orEsimilar' metallic structure,which will be practical, durable and comparatively inexpensive',i light "and neat I in appearance. Theroll welding p'rocess repeated along eachfedgeofthe' door, as is-ma'nifestQnIt willbe noted that I do not spot or roll weld one doors ideplatet0 the channel door edging membe r 'il and then'the other,'but preferably spot orroll weld the edge portions of" both 7 door.

door side plates 1 and 2 to the channel door edging member 3 simultaneously.

From Fig.6 of the 'drawing,it will be observed. that I preferably employ a single strip of channel iron of the desired length and bevel the endsthereof, a s.at 23 and 2 1, and

then provide the flanges 16 thereofat predetermined-points along their. length with opvide the strip into "the four door edge face sections l, 5, 6 and 7 sothat the channelstrip I posed .V shap'ednotches 25, 26 and-27 to di-- maybe readily bent to form'a rectangular frame to act as'the edging member for the ".It'is apparent. that the space withinthe door between'the edging'member 3 and the able packing, if desired'and-that suitable in teriorbracing' may alsobe employed without the exercise of invention; hence it is not deemed necessary to illustrate thesame- Fromth'e foregoing description,'it is apparent that I have shown a metallic door structure, and set out the method of forming the same, which enables one to produce a meside plates 1 and 2 may be filled with a suit tallic door or similar structure, at greatly reduced cost over the metallic door constructions'now in use, inthat I employ three door' pieces, namely a door edging member and two door side plates, and, jointhem-together at their contacting surfaces by spot or roll welding and with both door side plates welded-to the edging member simultaneously. It is apparent that I obviate a great deal of labor in assembly and eliminate theconnectionfofthe m'any metal parts of the door which are now joined in numerous expensive ways. I a The many advantages of the herein described invention will readily suggest themselves'to those skilled in the art to which it appertains. I 7

From the foregoing description, it is evident that a silnplemetallic structure and the method of forming same for the'purpos'e has been disclosed, but it is to be understood that Ido not desire'to restrict, or limit myself to the very details of the construction shown and described,which is merely illustrative, it

being} obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made with out conflicting or departing from the spiritof the invention with'n the scope of the append: edclaim. What I claim is: t,

A metallic door comprising a' pair of spaced, integral sheet metalmembers consti tutingthe front and back of said door, a'panel section ins'aid sheet metal-members, molding integralwith said members surrounding said panel forming areinforcing and decorative element, a rectangular frame secured tolthef peripheries of said sheet metal members coniio i'i-s stituting an edging for said door and said 1 sheet metal membersbeing of such gauge that r In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature. 7 v V v I v HENRY G. WOEHLER- I 

